Before there was PRISM, there was the largest national security leak in US history.
Right now, a military judge is deliberating the fate of Bradley Manning: a US Army intelligence analyst who confessed to leaking around 700,000 classified diplomatic cables and other secret information about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After spending more than 1,000 days in prison without trial — with months of that incarceration spent in isolation — Manning eventually had his day in court. A verdict in the trial is expected this week.
Here’s what led to this point, and why his fate still isn’t sealed.
From basic training to a prison bed
In 2007, 22-year-old Bradley Manning joined the US Army. After going through a tumultuous basic...
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